Course: Vegetation History, Archaeobotany and Dendrochronology (2101-431)

Persons:

• Dr. Alexander Land (verantwortlich)
• Mirjam Weiß (verwaltend)

Type of Course:

lecture

In-Class Hours Per Week:

1

Contents:

- basics of post-Glacial history of vegetation and climate
- origin and development of crops
- biological basics of tree growth and tree-ring development
- endogenous and exogenous factors of tree-ring growth in the temperate and tropical zone
- basics in dendrochronology, dendroecology and dendroclimatology
- basics in palynology
- basics in archaeobotany

Literature:

Lang G.: Quartäre Vegetationsgeschichte Europas, G. Fischer, Jena ? Stuttgart ? New York, 1994
Schweingruber, F.H.: Tree Rings. Basics and applications of dendro-chronology, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, 1988
Jacomet, S. & Kreuz, A.: Archäobotanik, Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1999
Cook, E. & Kairiukstis, L.A.: Methods of dendrochronology. Application in the environmental sciences, Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, 1992
Schweingruber, F.H.: Dendroökologische Holzanatomie: Anatomische Grundlagen der Dendrochronologie, Haupt Verlag, Stuttgart, 2

Location:

Hohenheim

Module:

• 2101-430 Vegetation History (Dendrochronology, Archaeobotany) (compulsory)
• 2101-450 Vegetation History (Biology Teacher Program for Secondary Schools) (compulsory)